![]() ![]() With lossless compression used on that 24-bit WAV/AIFF data, it looks like any other FLAC/APE/WV/ALAC file. And there's stuff below that 16th bit or so that's encoded in a lossy fashion used to reconstruct frequencies above 22.05/24kHz. The "baseband" sound material up to 44.1/48kHz sampling rate (that is, up to 22.05/24kHz audio frequency) is basically a WAV/AIFF PCM stream down to around the 16th bit. ![]() Imagine a 24-bit WAV/AIFF file with a portion containing lossy data (think MP3 or AAC or Opus) embedded in the 24-bit noise floor. The reason why this fact can be difficult to reckon with is because it's a proprietary partially lossy "hi-res" CODEC (COder/DECoder)**. Everything else revolves around that statement as we try to justify or criticize this central fact. Bottom line: In the eyes of a consumer, MQA is a file type with partial lossy compression that you have to buy a new DAC for to gain full benefits. ![]()
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